micdotcom:New study says teen immigrants are less likely to sell drugs, binge drink and be violent
micdotcom: New study says teen immigrants are less likely to sell drugs, binge drink and be violent In a paper published earlier this month by Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, researchers drawing on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that teenage immigrants were significantly less likely to sell illicit drugs, binge-drink alcohol or engage in violent or criminal behavior than their U.S.-born peers. But the more they assimilate into American culture things change. -- source link
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